Ben Marcus's books The Age of Wire and String and Notable American Women were considered "experimental" fiction because of his unconventional use of...
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In City of Dragons (Harper Voyager), the third volume in Robin Hobb's thrilling Rain Wilds Chronicles series, dragons once again inhabit the world of the Rain Wilds. But unlike their ancestors, these half-formed, flightless creatures are unable to care for themselves. Their only hope is to return to their ancient homeland of Kelsingera. Helpless to make the dangerous trek alone, the dragons are accompanied by a rag-tag group of human keepers. Dragon and human must learn to trust one another if they are to survive, but these bonds will be severely tested during the journey.
Bingtown is a hub of exotic trade and home to a merchant nobility famed for its liveships--rare vessels carved from wizardwood, which ripens magically into sentient awareness. The fortunes of one of Bingtown's oldest families rest on the newly awakened liveship Vivacia.
For Althea Vestrit, the ship is her rightful legacy unjustly denied her--a legacy she will risk anything to reclaim. For Althea's young nephew Wintrow, wrenched from his religious studies and forced to serve aboard ship, Vivacia is a life sentence.
But the fate of the Vestrit family--and the ship--may ultimately lie in the hands of an outsider. The ruthless pirate Kennit seeks a way to seize power over all the denizens of the Pirate Isles...and the first step of his plan requires him to capture his own liveship and bend it to his will....
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